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National Bank and the members of its decision-making bodies shall be independent in exercising the tasks conferred upon them by law, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from public authorities or from any other authority.

In order to ensure and maintain price stability over the medium term, the National Bank’s aim will be to keep inflation (measured by Consumer Price Index) at the level of 5.0 percent annually with a possible deviation of ± 1.5 percentage points, considered to be optimal for growth and development of Moldova's economy over the medium-term.

National Bank shall have the exclusive right to issue on the territory of the Republic of Moldova banknotes and coins as legal tender, as well as commemorative and jubilee banknotes and coins as legal tender and for numismatic purposes.

National Bank of Moldova acts as banker and fiscal agent of the State and shall receive from state bodies economic and financial information and documents, which are necessary for carrying out its tasks.

National Bank shall inform the public on the monetary policy strategy on the results of the macroeconomic analysis, the evolution of the financial market and on statistics, including with regard to monetary supply, crediting, balance of payments and the state of the foreign exchange market.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) informs that, following the visit of the Kroll representatives to the Republic of Moldova, received officially all investigation documents of the international consortium Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson, which have been transmitted to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.

According to its commitments, National Bank of Moldova (NBM) published a detailed summary of the banking fraud investigation received along with the second report of the Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson companies.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) informs that it has not yet received the second investigation report of the companies Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson, but has finalized the discussions held with the International Consortium on the possibility of publishing certain information, which the document will contain.

Representatives of the investigation consultancy Kroll and the law firm Steptoe & Johnson visited Chisinau on 7 November 2017 to meet with representatives from a number of state institutions, in order to agree the structure and terms of the strategy for recovery of assets which were misappropriated following the bank fraud.

Representatives from Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson met with representatives of the NBM, the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, the Anticorruption Centre and the Agency for the Recovery of Criminal Assets in Chisinau on 20 July 2017.

To date, the NBM have not received another update of the Kroll ongoing investigation. At its receipt, the NBM will engage in discussions with Kroll team in order to evaluate the opportunity to publish the results of the investigation and to lift confidentiality restrictions.

Kroll and Steptoe and Johnson have provided the NBM with a strategy for initiating legal action in multiple jurisdictions, with the view of obtaining further disclosure, or recovering assets which have been misappropriated.

The investigation has identified the misappropriation of approximately USD 600 million. Kroll will continue to provide regular updates to the NBM during the coming months. It is important that the confidentiality of the next phase of the investigation is maintained, to maximise the opportunities for recovery.

Following an initial Request for Proposal (‘RfP’) process conducted in January 2015, Kroll was retained by the National Bank of Moldova to conduct a scoping phase of investigations into alleged financial irregularities relating to a series of transactions involving Banca de Economii S.A., BC BANCA SOCIALĂ S.A. and B.C. UNIBANK SA which collapsed at the end of 2014.